Member composition:
20% Child Care Consumer - a parent or a person who currently is using or used child care or center based care).
20% Child Care Provider - a person who provides child care services in Kern County (family child care or center based care)
20% Community Representative - a person who represents an agency or business that provides private funding for child care services, or who advocates for child care services through participation in civic or community-based organizations but is not a child care provider and does not represent an agency that contracts with the California Department of Education to provide child care and development services
20% Public Agency Representative - a person who represents a city, county, city and county, or local education agency and who funds, regulates, or monitors the delivery of child care services
20% Dicretionary Member - appointed from any of the four above categories at the discretion of the appointing agencies.
Executive Committee
- Chair- Vacant
- Vice Chair - Candy Coats
- Secretary - Ginny Layland
- Treasurer - Betty Phillips
Members Appointed by the Kern County Board of Supervisors
Child Care Consumer
- Heather Garcia
- Lisa Brum
- Vacant
Child Care Provider
- Julie Manning
- Virginia Layland
- Denine Tucker
Community Representative
- Janet Swank
- Jerri Alvarado
- Linda Eberhart
Public Agency Representative
- Diane Rosso
- Irene Cook
- Vacant
Discretionary Member
- Kalina Marquez
- Linda Oates
- Sharon Brown
Members Appointed by the Kern County Superintendent of Schools
Child Care Consumer
- Christie Howell
- Vacant
- Vacant
Child Care Provider
- Vacant
- Armida Bermudez
- Casey Knaak
Community Member
- Barbara Best
- Candy Coats
- Marilyn Golleher
Public Agency Representative
- Betty Phillips
- Kathy Philley
- Vienna Gonzales Battistoni
Discretionary Member
-
Vacant
- Cary Larson-McKay
- Lisa Duncan-Purcell
Member Profiles
Jerri Alvarado
Appointing Entity - Supervisor Michael Rubio
Council Representation - Community Member
Employment - Child Development Consultant Bakersfield Homeless Center
Vienna Battistoni
Appointing Entity - Dr.Christine Lizardi-Frazier, Kern County Superintendent of Schools
Council Representation - Public Agency
Employment - Professor of Child Development, Bakersfield College
Armida Bermudez
Appointing Entity - Dr.Christine Lizardi-Frazier, Kern County Superintendent of Schools
Council Representation - Child Care Provider
Employment - Area Manager with the Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo, Migrant & Seasonal Head Start
Barbara Best
Appointing Entity - Dr.Christine Lizardi-Frazier, Kern County Superintendent of Schools
Council Representation - Community Member
Employment - Regional Trainer Coordinator, Region VII Partners for Quality - WestEd, Program for Infant Toddler Care.
Sharon Brown
Appointing Entity - Supervisor Ray Watson
Council Representation - Discretionary Member representing private sector child development programs and the Kern Association for the Education of Young Children
Employment - Director, Mercy Child Care Services
Lisa Brum
Appointing Entity - Supervisor Michel Rubio
Council Representation - Child Care Consumer
Employment - Director, The Children's Learning Center
Candy Coats
Appointing Entity - Dr.Christine Lizardi-Frazier, Kern County Superintendent of Schools
Council Representation - Community Member
Employment - Henrietta Weill Memorial Child Guidance Clinic
Irene Cook
Appointing Entity Supervisor Ray Watson
Council Representation Public Agency
Employment - Consultant, Early Childhood Education Instructor at California State University, Bakersfield Director, Discovery Depot.
Lisa Duncan-Purcell
Appointing Entity - Dr.Christine Lizardi-Frazier, Kern County Superintendent of Schools
Council Representation - Discretionary Member
Employment - Program Manager of the Community Services Division with Community Connection for Child Care
Linda Eberhart
Appointing Entity - Supervisor Jon McQuiston
Council Representation - Community Member, East Kern
Employment - Child Development Consultant and adjunct faculty in the field of Child Development for Cerro Coso Community College.
Heather Garcia
Appointing Entity - Supervisor Don Maben
Council Representation - Child Care Consumer
Employment - Director, Child Haven Preschool
Marilyn Golleher
Appointing Entity - Dr. Christine Lizardi-Frazier
Council Representative - Community Member
Employment - AFS Director Clinica Sierra Vista
Christie Howell
Appointing Entity - Dr.Christine Lizardi-Frazier, Kern County Superintendent of Schools
Council Representation - Child Care Consumer
Employment - California State University, Bakersfield - Child, Adolescence and Family Studies Program Coordinator
Casey Knaak
Appointing Entity - Dr.Christine Lizardi-Frazier, Kern County Superintendent of Schools
Council Representation - Child Care Provider
Employment - Family Child Care Provider
Cary Larson-McKay
Appointing Entity - Dr.Christine Lizardi-Frazier, Kern County Superintendent of Schools
Council Representation - Discretionary Member
Employment - California State University, Bakersfield child, Adolescent and Family Studies Program.
Virginia Layland
Appointing Entity - Supervisor Michael Rubio
Council Representation - Child Care Provider
Employment - Education Specialist, Community Action Partnership of Kern, Child Education and Development Services Division.
Julie Manning
Appointing Entity - Supervisor Mike Maggard
Council Representation - Child Care Provider
Employment -Child Care Manager for Standard School District
Kalina Marquez
Appointing Entity - Supervisor Don Maben
Council Representation - Discretionary Member
Employment - Child Development Consultant
Linda Oates
Appointing Entity - Supervisor Mike Maggard
Council Representation - Community Member
Employment - Executive Secretary, National Health Services. Inc.
Kathy Philley
Appointing Entity - Dr.Christine Lizardi-Frazier, Kern County Superintendent of Schools
Council Representation - Public Agency
Employment - Director, Bakersfield Adult School Children's Center
Betty Phillips
Appointing Entity - Dr.Christine Lizardi-Frazier, Kern County Superintendent of Schools
Council Representation - Public Agency
Employment - Teacher, Kern County Super Intendent of Schools Office, Down town Child Development Center.
Dianne Rosso
Appointing Entity - Supervisor Mike Maggard
Council Representation - Public Agency
Employment - Assistant Program Director, Kern County Department of Human Services, CalWORKs program.
Janet Swank
Appointing Entity - Supervisor Ray Watson
Council Representation - Community Member
Employment - Kern County Superintendent of Schools, Director of Special Education
Denine Tucker
Appointing Entity - Supervisor Jon McQuiston
Council Representation - Kern River Valley
Employment - Home Base Educator, Community Action Partnership of Kern.
